hit romney and his newly announced running mate aren t wasting time hitting the campaign trail. just a few hours after introducing wisconsin congressman paul ryan as his vice presidential pick, the presumptive republican ticket is making its case to voters in virginia. romney introduced paul ryan this morning as, quote, an intellecta you will leader of the republican party and a person who will help lead the country to, quote, widespread and shared prosperity and then ryan told his own story and shared his ideals. for the last 14 years i have proudly represented wisconsin in congress. there there i have focused on solving the problems that confront our country, turning ideas into action and action into solutions. i am committed in heart and mind to putting that experience to work in a romney administration. [ applause ] my dad died when with i was young. he was a good and decent man. there are few things he would say that have just always stuck with me. he d say, son, y